Ag News: Global Feed Production

**Global feed production is at an all-time high. In the 2019 Global Feed Survey, Alltech estimates a strong 3% growth to 1.068 billion metric tons of feed produced.

Agweb.com reports, This is the third consecutive year the survey exceeded the billion-ton production mark.

Dr. Mark Lyons says the feed industry has seen 14.6% growth over the past five years. He says as the population grows, so does the middle class, which is well reflected in an increase in overall protein consumption.

**Exports of U.S. ethanol could hit a record 4 billion gallons a year in 2020.

That’s according to Mike Dwyer, chief economist for the U.S. Grains Council.

As reported in agriculture.com, if the U.S. ethanol industry exports a total 4 billion gallons in 2020, it would more than double the current record of 1.62 billion gallons of ethanol exports set during the 2017-2018 marketing year when U.S. ethanol was exported to 74 countries.